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  • 41penalize — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. punish; fine, imprison, chastise, handicap, etc. See punishment. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. scold, chasten, castigate; see punish . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. punish, discipline, correct, fine …

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  • 42chasten — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To punish] Syn. humble, humiliate, subdue, chastise, castigate, afflict, discipline, restrain, reprove, berate, take to task, upbraid, chide, rap on the knuckles, reproach, reprehend, admonish, rebuke, fulminate against,… …

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  • 43punish — punish, chastise, castigate, chasten, discipline, correct mean to inflict pain, loss, or suffering upon a person for his sin, crime, or fault. Punish implies imposing a penalty for violation of law, disobedience of authority, or intentional… …

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  • 44plāk-2, plāg- , also plēk-, plēg- —     plāk 2, plāg , also plēk , plēg     English meaning: to hit     Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schlagen”     Material: Gk. πλήσσω (*plüki̯ ō), πλήγνῡμι “hit”, πληγή, Dor. πλᾱγα “blow, knock”, πλῆκτρον “beetle, hammer etc.”; nasal. πλάζω… …

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  • 45Chasten — Chas ten (ch[=a] s n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chastened} ( s nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Chastening}.] [OE. chastien, OF. Chastier, F. Ch?tier, fr. L. castigare to punish, chastise; castus pure + agere to lead, drive. See {Chaste}, {Act}, and cf.… …

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  • 46Chastened — Chasten Chas ten (ch[=a] s n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chastened} ( s nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Chastening}.] [OE. chastien, OF. Chastier, F. Ch?tier, fr. L. castigare to punish, chastise; castus pure + agere to lead, drive. See {Chaste}, {Act}, and cf …

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  • 47Chastening — Chasten Chas ten (ch[=a] s n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chastened} ( s nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Chastening}.] [OE. chastien, OF. Chastier, F. Ch?tier, fr. L. castigare to punish, chastise; castus pure + agere to lead, drive. See {Chaste}, {Act}, and cf …

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  • 48punish — verb Etymology: Middle English punisshen, from Anglo French puniss , stem of punir, from Latin punire, from poena penalty more at pain Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to impose a penalty on for a fault, offense, or violation b. to… …

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  • 49Whitewater controversy — The Whitewater controversy (also called the Whitewater scandal, Whitewatergate, or most often, simply Whitewater) was an American politics controversy that began with the real estate investments of Bill and Hillary Clinton and their associates,… …

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  • 50reprimand — I noun admonishment, admonition, animadversion, blame, castigation, censure, chiding, condemnation, correction, criticism, denunciation, derogation, disapprobation, disapproval, displeasure, dispraise, dressing down, exception, exprobration,… …

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